Here is what I am reading:

1.  Private Equity Giants Use Size to Lean on Suppliers (DeadlBook/NYT)
2. China’s Growth Rate Slowed in the 2nd Quarter, Down Sharply From a Year Ago (The New York Times)
3. What Is The Best Preparation To Be A Trader? (SMB Capital)
4. Pessimism Ebbing Among Most-Bearish European Strategists (Bloomberg)
5. 7 Lessons for Any Dividend Investor (Minyanville)
6. Pre-Earnings Trades: A Case Study (Schaeffer’s Investment Research)
7. How 2012’s top money ideas have fared so far (MarketWatch)
8. Emerging-Markets Bond ETF Breakdown (Seeking Alpha)
9. “This time it’s different”: China edition (Noahpinion)
10. QE sera, sera (The Economist)